Improvement in plows



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. No. 214,737. Patented April 22, I879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES O. WILDER, OF MONMOU TH, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB TO THE J. I. CASEPLOW COMPANY, OF RAGINE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOW-S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,737, dated April22, 1879; application filed I November 22, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. WILDER, of Monmouth, in the county ofWarren and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Flows; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plow embodying my invention,partly broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction ofwrought-metal plows; and it consists of a plow-beam forked or branchedat its lower end, and bolted, the one branch to the mold-board and shareand the other branch to the land-side bar, to form a support andconnection or frame for the attachment of the mold-board, share, andland-side bar, and also a secure attachment of the beam to the plow.

The invent-ion further consists in an angleplate or frog, in combinationwith the forked beam and plow, as aforesaid.

Referring to the drawings by letters, the same letter indicating thesame part in the different views, A represents the mold-board, B theshare, 0 the land-side bar, and D the side brace, of an ordinary steelor wroughtmetal plow. E is the plow-beam, constructed of metal, andformed as shown in the drawings, with its rear end curved in such mannerthat the upper edge of the mold-board is some distance in front of thebeam, in the same horizontal plane, and the lower extreme end of thebeam is forked or divided into two branches, 6 c, the one branch, 6,being extended and adapted to fit the surface of the mold-board andshare at their union, and bolted at f f to This construction of the rearend of the V beam and its attachment, as described, to the plowfurnishes a sufficient brace and frame for the attachment of the rearparts of the mold-board, share, and laud-side bar, and at the same timea secure and firm attachment of the beam to the plow.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a plow, the beam E, formed into two branches, e e, at its lowerend, adapted to be secured as a brace to the mold-board, share, andland-side bar, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

2. The angle-plate G and forked beam E, in combination with themold-board, share, and land-side bar, substantially as described, andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. r

' CHARLES 0. WILDER. Witnesses:

J. G. MADDEN, A. S. MADDEN.

